Adjustable hand-stamp.



No. 686,509. I

' J. A. CRANDALL.

ADJUSTABLE HAND STAMP.

[Application flied July 6, 1901.) (No Model.)

Patented Nov. l2, 19m.

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UNITED TATES PATENT FFICEQ JESSE A. ORANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR TO STEPHEN V. WHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE HAN D STAM P.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,509, dated November12, 1901.

Application filed July 6, 1901. Serial No. 67,302. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ESSE A. ORANDALL, a citizen of the United States,anda resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, cit-y andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdj ustable Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stamp; Fig. 2, an end elevationshowing the device resting on its side, and Fig. 3 a verticallongitudinal section on the line III III of Fig. 2.

This invention has for its main object to provide means for adjustingthe type-bands individually without the necessity of touching said bandswith the fingers, the means for manipulating the bands being extendedthrough one of the side frames of the stamp and being provided with ahand-en gagin g device outside of the frame.

Another object of this invention is to provide the frame of the stampwith a shield or rest, which is designed to support the stamp when it isresting on its side'andto prevent the type-bands from contacting withthe surface upon which the stamp is resting. This shield also preventsthe fingers which grasp the stamp from slipping down into contact withthe type-bands.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates the frame ofthe stamp, and 2a horizontal shaft mounted in said frame near its upperend. On this shaft between the sides of the frame 1 are loosely mountedfour spools 3, around which the endless type bands pass. Each spool isprovided with a keyway 4 extending through it, and near one of itssides, preferably the right-hand side, as shown in the drawings, saidspool is formed with an annular recess or cavity 5, which extends aroundthe shaft-opening. The shaft 2 is slidable through the frame and thespools and is provided at a point between the side bars of the framewith a radial pin 6, which is adapted to be moved back and forth throughthe keyways in the spools. On the end of the shaft 2 opposite thehandengaging wheel is secured a collar, which prevents the shaft beingdrawn entirely out of the frame of the stamp.

Extending across between the side bars at their lower ends is a pair ofparallel horizon tal bars or rods '7, on which are loosely mount edsleeves 8. The endless type-bands 9 travel over these sleeves, as shown.As will be readily seen by referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings,

the rods 7 are in the same horizontal plane when the device is in itsupright printing position and that therefore the type-bands between thevertical centers of these rolls will be held flat and that a goodprinting-surface will be thereby provided.

To adjust the type-bands so as to bring the desired type below the twobars 7, the shaft 2 is moved laterally to bring the radial pin carriedthereby into the keyway of the spool it is desired to rotate. When theshaft has been moved to the desired spool, it is rotated to bring thedesired character on the typeband into printing position below thetransverse bars 7. In adjusting the shaft2 laterally from one spool tothe other it is moved endwise to bring the radial pin into the annularrecess in the end of one of the spools. The shaft is then rotated and aslight lateral strain maintained thereon until the radial pin registerswith and slips into the keyway in the next spool. In this way thevarious spools may be readily rotated without engaging them directly bythe hand.

Secured to the top of the frame 1 is a shield 10, whichextends'transversely through the frame between the side bars thereof,the ends of said shield being bent downward and extending partly overthe type-bands, as shown, to prevent the fingers of the hand graspingthe handle from contacting with the typebands. This shield forms asupport or rest for the stamp when it is placed on the desk, the stampbeing so balanced that the handle and the shield will rest on thesupportingsurface and the type-bands will be held out of contacttherewith. It will be observed that the depending ends of the shield areformed fiat and lie in planes substantially at right angles to theplanes of the side bars of the main frame, so that each of thesedepending portions will form a broad fiat hearing or support for thestamp, which will efiectually prevent the lower portions of the rubberbands coming in contact with the surface of the desk or table on whichthe stamp is resting, as shown in Fig. 2.

When it is desired. to reset all the type bands of the stamp, the shaft2 is manipu lated to bring the radial pin into the keyway of the spoolat the left-hand side of the stampframe. The shaft and the engaged spoolare then turned to bring the desired type on that band into printingposition. The shaft is then moved to the right to bring the radial pininto the annular recess insaid spool and against the side of the nextspool. The shaft may now be rotated without disturbing the position ofthe type-band which has just been manipulated. When the device is usedmerely as a dating-stamp, the radial pin may be permitted to remain inengagement with the keyway of the spool over which the units type-bandpasses, and need only be moved therefrom occasionally to shiftthe otherbands.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hand-stamp, the combination of a frame, a transverse slidableshaft mounted in said frame, a series of spools loosely mounted on saidshaft between the side bars of the frame, each spool being formed with akeyway extending entirely through its axial opening, a key carried bythe shaft and adapted to engage and passed through the spools one at atime as said shaft is moved laterally whereby each spool may be causedto rotate with the shaft, a transverse device at the lower end of thestamp-frame, and a series of endless type -bands passing around thespools and the device at the lower end of the frame.

2. In a hand-stamp, the combination of a frame, a transverse slidableshaft carried by said frame near {its upper end, a series of spoolsloosely mounted on said shaft between the side bars of the frame, eachspool being formed with a keyway extending through the spool parallelwith the shaft and an enlarged annular recess at one end thereof, aradial pin carried by the shaft and adapted to slide through the keywaysin the spools, a transverse device in the lower end of the frameparallel with the spool-shaft, a series of endless type-bands passingaround the spools and the transverse device at the lower end of theframe, and a hand-engaging device on one end of the shaft.

3. In a hand-stamp, the combination of a frame, a series of endlesstype-bands carried by the frame, means for adjusting said bands to bringthe desired characters into printing position, and a shield secured tosaid frame its ends extending down and partially covering the type-bandsto protect them and to form a rest or support for the stamp to hold thetype-bands out of contact with the surface on which the stamp is placed,said downward-extending portions of the shield being substantially flatand lying in planes approximately at right angles to the planes of theside pieces of the frame, whereby said portions form broad, flatsupports.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 5th day of July, 1901.

JESSE A. CRANDALL.

Witnesses:

PERCY G. B. GILKES, ROBERT H. RANDALL.

